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September 08, 2016

OSIRIS-REx Launch today

OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission at the Launch Pad

The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft on board is seen illuminated in the distance in this thirty second exposure on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

OSIRIS-REx is scheduled to launch on Sept. 8 at 7:05 p.m. EDT and will be the first U.S. mission to sample an asteroid, retrieve at least two ounces of surface material and return it to Earth for study. The asteroid, Bennu, may hold clues to the origin of the solar system and the source of water and organic molecules found on Earth.

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